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While many people rag on Madison, it does have one huge caveat: the train station. For $10 (round-trip) and 45 minutes of your time, you get whisked away to New York City. Plus, the train is a great place to study. The food needs some work, it's like soup kitchen quality with the exception of the nightly chef cooked options (2 choices) which you have to stand in line awhile for. But the campus is relaxed and beautiful. You wouldn't know you were in Jersey if it weren't for all the Jersey kids.
Drew has been doing a great job at furthering the quality of life and opportunities on campus. The president (former governor) Tom Keane is very involved. The school is on track to begin cutting back its acceptance rates, and is in the process of building some fantastic new facilities.
One complaint I had about Drew was that it was my first choice, but I soon discovered it was many people's back-up school, which lends a bit of a bitter and apathetic attitude to the environment. That was a huge factor in what lead me to transfer. People may ask you where Drew is now, but in 15 years I'm sure more people will know it on a map. And for people planning on spending a year somewhere to bolster their transcript before transferring to an elite school- this is a good place to do it. I originally applied early action to Drew, so I never intended to transfer, but it was a good enough background to get me into my first choice for the second round, Cornell University.
I didn't gain anything from going to Drew that I couldn't have picked up anywhere else. I've learned more from PBS. College doesn't build character, time does. Maybe experience does, too, but how would I know. Stuck at Drew then stuck in mind and soul numbing jobs tying to pay off loans and still have money to buy a can of beans for dinner. I am currently unemployed. Drew career center is two elderly women and a file cabinet. And no help for alumni except a subscription to a HotJobs knock off that fills my email with spam. Things really suck and it's not going to get any better soon. I'm trying to save up money for career training (medical tech)but I'm going to end up with more loans. It infuriates me that I've paid (with time, $, and effort) for something that will never be any use to me. And now, to avoid welfare, I must go back to school to learn a trade. Because I have a BA I'm ineligible for Pell grants.
In summary, Drew and third tier schools like it are usless. Go to beauty school, travel, get a scholarship to typing school, or put your college money in Roth IRA - don't blow it on Drew. You don't learn anything and you're not going to impress anybody by telling then you went there.And it's not just me. Other Drew alums are also destitute or in retail or secretaries. It may break your parents hearts, but if this is your only option, don't go. Better to break your parents hearts now then ten years latter when your still living in their basement.
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